Improvement in horseshoes



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

Z. V. PURDY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 79,389, dated Julie 30, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Z. V. PURDY, of Washington, in the county of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference 4being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists, rst, in placing the calks on the bottom or lower side of the shoe farther forward from the heel than is usually the case; and, second, in beveling the inner side of the calks outward, and the upper side of the heel of the shoe also outward, by which arrangement the shoe will get a tendency to expand, and expand the hoof along with it, thereby spreading the hoof, and preventing any hoofdiseases, which generally arise from the contraction of the hoof.

v In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a bottom view. Fig. 2 is a side view, bottom upward; and Fig. 3 is a rear view.

A represents the horseshoe, which is made in the usual manner, except that its upper face is beveled near the heels; and the calks B B, instead of being placed at the heels of the shoe, are placed about two inches from them, so that the quarter of the fcot may be eased, and the weight of the horse thrown more upon the center and forward portion of the foot. The calks B B rest under the shoe, beneath the forward portion of the quarter, and that portion of the the heel of the shoe.

When the hoof grows a little and begins to bear upon the shoe, the inclined surfaces spread the hoof at the heel, and relieve or prevent contraction of the foot.

The inner sides or edges of the calks B B are beveled outward, so that when pressure is put upon the shoe the calks have a tendency to spread it or open it at the heels. The toe of the shoe is weakened sufficiently to allow it to spring or expand slightly by the weight of the horse.

The beveling of the heel of the shoe and of the calks is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the beveling of the front part of the shoe is shown in Fig. l.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secpre by Letters Patent, is-

1. Beveling the inner side of the calks B B and the upper side of the heel of the shoe A, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. Placing the calks B B upon the shoe at a point beneath the forward portion of the quarter of the foot, for relieving and protecting the saine, substantially as herein specified.

In testimony that-I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of May, 1868. l

Z. V. PURDY. `Witnesses:

C. M. ALEXANDER, LEOPOLD EvER'r. 

